First, it signals the end of Bill and Mary's attempt at conversation, startling Mary into the present.
If the lights symbolize truth or revelation, then their sudden brightness represents the irrefutable passage of time and the impossibility of ever recovering or re-doing the past. That the lights run "the whole length of Fifth Avenue" further emphasizes the completeness of this truth; there is no way to escape the passage of time.
It's worth noting that the lights turn on right after Bill says, "You ought to see my kids" and grins. It's a surprisingly unguarded moment, and it's the only expression of genuine warmth in the story. It's possible that his and Mary's children might represent those lights, being the brilliant chains that link the past with an ever-hopeful future.
Answer:
Presentation by an anchor is the answer.
Explanation:
If we're looking for text-based and broadcast news, they wouldn't appear here.
Answer:
1. forgave
2. affairs
3. enroll
4. Even if
5. improve
6. punctual
7. repaired
8. empty
9. muddy
10. hang
11. jobs
12. support
16. fined
13. harmful
14. nephew
15. fit
17.? (I'm going to guess economic)
18. materialistic
19.tolerate
20. dispose
21. biased
22. cottage
23. evidence
24. votes
25. conflict
26. diagnosis
27. events
28. pessimistic (you had that there so I'm going to assume that's the only option)
Answer: Their wages wouldn’t even get them out of debt to my grandmother, not to mention the staggering bill that waited on them at the white commissary downtown.
Explanation:
By stating that the town's cotton pickers had wages that could not even get them out of debt with their grandmother, Maya Angelou infers that the cotton pickers were paid meagre salaries which meant they were poor people who were even in debt with the White Commissary downtown which probably supplied them with their farming equipment.
<em>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</em> is an autobiography of Maya Angelou depicting her life as a child growing up with her momma ( grandmother).
